Sanyau Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sanyau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sanyau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanyau is found most in Malaysia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sanyau.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sanyau reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia Sanyau is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 96 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sanyau
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